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I have bought dozens of bats for kids and seniors in my team. They all come brand new with immaculately glued toe-guards that look rock-solid. However. I have found that the toe-guards always falls off after 5-6 weeks of bat use and there is nothing you can do to keep it intact. I am not sure...

Actually this lad used to have a kind of mixed action. We forced him to go side on but it still tends to heistate going full side on. Any exercises he can do to force the action?

Pls have a look at this video and suggest any improvements or fault-corrections. Thanks in advance.

Re: My New Pace Bowling Action Boris, I am no expert but I think you should keep your arms tucked in as much as possible and legs/feet going towards the target. At the moment they look a bit wobbly. Also I notice that your bowling hand goes way back behind your body, in fact it goes almost...

Re: Bowling tactics The fielders at Mid On and Mid Off did stop a few but on the whole were ineffective because the batsmen were driving with some force and the ball was passing either side of the fielders at great speeds. It was one of those situations where the batsmen had been heavily...

Re: Bowling tactics Saw a junior match today where most of the batsmen were just playing the Vs - driving everything towards mid-off and mid-on. The bowlers were pitching the ball up to them and the batsmen had a whale of a time. Should the bowlers have tried some short balls? Whats the best...

Bowling tactics We are going to face a (junior) team soon where their main batsman tends to work the ball around. He is not very good at pull shot or aggresive drives but just works the ball around at angles, edges, glances etc to pick up his runs. His main area is working the ball towards fine...

Re: panic running If a ball goes directly to a fielder you have to call 'wait' and see what happens. If the fielder is fielding close and picks it up clean then you can't take a run. However if the fielder is in the deep or makes a mess then you can take him on. When you DO take runs there...

Re: Unfair bowling This happened in a place in the UK yesterday. Pity I can't name the team as it was a junior match. The match was a final and they had arranged neutral league umpires (people who ARE supposed to know the rules). Actually I gave a lecure to the bastman afterwards and asked why...

Unfair bowling I was at an important match yesterday. 'Our' team was batting first and lost early wickets. Then one of my kids went in to bat. He got set in and was there for 3-4 overs when this happened. The spin bowler was taking about 4-5 paces run up and bowling. In this particular...

Off Spin problem I have a youngster in my team who bowls off-spin and can turn the ball a 'mile'. During matches he pitches the ball well wide of off-stump, so much that the batsman usually start think its a well wide, but then ball turns back in. Great stuff you might say. However, after a...

Chest drive I am teaching a youngster bowlingand trying to put across Ian Pont's chest drive. I told him that he needs to imagine a rope attached to his chest that is being pulled by the batsman. The youngster understands what needs to be done but just cant do it in practice. Are there are...

Re: Keeping Cover Drive on the Ground About 3 years ago I was working with an 11 year-old. He was a prolific driver of the ball and had good cut strokes. Even though he did the correct movements and positioned himself correctly he was not getting much power; he would rarely hit a ball that went...

Re: CJI Fatso - kashmr willow There are a lot of UK suppliers selling bats made in India/Pakistan claiming to be made from English willow. I bet half of them are Kashmir willow! The things with those bats are that they tend to have a good middle but dont last very long. You will be lucky to...

Re: Improve reaction time Thanks for that. I have not met him much since the thread started because of personal committments. Will look at him in coming weeks.

Reverse swing? I was training a youngster the other day. He was bowling with 2 balls (alternating each ball); one was a new ball and the othe a really old one with both sides rough. With the new ball he was getting consistent out-swing and with the old ball he was getting very little swing...

Practice slogging (!) How would you practice big hits? If you practice in the nets, you just cant judge elevation etc. If you practice out on the field, the how do you find the fielders or stop losing balls? Whats the best way to practice this art? I am sure Chris Gayle, Owais Shah and Kevin...

Improve reaction time We have a young player who is rather 'slow' in moving his feet when batting, slow in fielding. Are there drills we can use to improve his reaction time for batting and fielding?

Re: Balance drills He is 13 at the moment. He has been fairly unbalanced from a young age. His main problem his that he tries to do much and gets his feet/knees in a tangle and his head goes all over the place.

Eye exercises I believe there are professional drills that they use at county grounds to train professional and upcoming young players on how to use their eyes. Obviously we do not have access to such facilties. Are there any simple and safe eye training methods that we can implement ourselves?